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Keebmonkey WK870 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard

Name: Keebmonkey WK870 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard
Brand: Keebmonkey
SKU: keebmonkey-wk870-barebones-mechanical-keyboard
Price: 55 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.785714 (14 reviews)

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The WK870 from Keebmonkey is a top-tier, barebones tenkeyless keyboard with all the right finishing touches—both in its design and for your fingertips. From the matte-finished, sand-blasted aluminum alloy case coating all the way down to the south-facing RGB LED array on the PCB, the WK870’s components all deliver an air of premium form and function Read More

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SpeedyLemon

Sep 23, 2024

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:5

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Pretty Solid

As my first metal keyboard case, it's really a step up from plastic

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ChefNate

Keyboard Club Member

Sep 14, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Clicky

Keyboards Owned:5

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Great for the price

Can't go wrong at the price point. Hefty and decent build quality. Could do without the custom keyboard badge at the bottom left.

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EraIsMe

Aug 4, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:52

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A premium board at a tenth of the price.

I enjoy this hobby and having boards of many colors and configurations. So, when this one popped up (and I was able to get at about $35 for being in the Keyboard Club), I jumped at the chance. I have plenty of TKL boards, but I was still certainly surprised once I started building this one.

First, this is a metal board. I didn't read any details prior to purchase (focusing mostly on that price), but I was expecting something plastic at this price point, I was wrong. A hefty metal board. It has fantastic construction all around, including the LEDs and the knob (which, though I doubt they were intending to, gives a subtle shout out to PlayStation). There's also a mirrored weight on the back and internal sound dampeners within. Easy to mod, though I don't think you'll need to do much, if anything, with this one.
Second, I purchased pink because I had a distinct lack of pink keyboards (also, it was the only one that was available). I was unaware tat the time that there would also be sparkles throughout the paint job. It looks absolutely adorable. I'd buy one in every other color if they were available.
Third, I did use the included stabs. They actually weren't bad at all. I did, however, need to re-lube them/spread the lube a bit better. Might be a personal preference, but I just wanted others to be aware that this might be necessary if one is thinking of purchase.
Fourth, this board does come with a pretty nice cable. It is an aviator connected cable, one half being pink the other light blue. Would have matched my board perfectly, but I couldn't be bothered to switch things around since I change my keyboard regularly based on my mood or key necessity. Obviously, you don't need to use it if you don't want to, but it does match the vibe.

All in all, I absolutely adore this board. I paired mine with WS Aurora Linears and a set of MOA profile (first time building with that profile) keycaps to match. If I didn't already have diabetes, this certainly would have given it to me. Run, don't walk, to purchase this board before it goes away.

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Rivive

Jul 1, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:2

Verified Buyer

Random colour cable, misaligned foam covering switch holes, weird flex in the pcb/plate

The cable was advertised to be yellow in all of the images on the product page but the cable i received is half pink half turquoise. I already bought keycaps to have accent keys in yellow to match the cable so you can imagine my disappointment. The foam under the plate was covering most of the holes for the switches in the pcb and trying to realign it was a bit of a pain but obviously this one isn't all that big of a deal. Another thing is the flex/bendiness in the plate and pcb when installing the switches. Despite the thick foam in the bottom of the case, the board didn't have proper support at all so I suggest taking it out to insert the switches, otherwise you might damage the board. All-in-all the build quality is quite impressive for the price. The aluminum case feels nice and sturdy, you are provided everything you need to build a keyboard (minus the switches and caps of course) so the value for money is incredible in my oinion. The only issue is the mismatched cable, which I'll have trouble refunding and having replaced because I ordered it from Ireland and the customs were crazy expensive, and I'm not paying €50 customs for a keyboard cable.

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wuwu

Jun 27, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:9

Verified Buyer

Solid Keyboard base

Overall a pretty good keyboard base for a great price. Put some Akko Piano Pros on it, very clacky.

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LeonxSalazar

Keyboard Club Member

Jun 2, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:5

Verified Buyer

Heavy weight and heavenly sound

This keyboard is extremely well-built. All metal on the outside, and inside it has a wonderful padding that gives an exquisite sound when typing with tactile switches. For the price, you can’t believe how excellent the keyboard is. I was expecting something of good quality, considering that Drop usually delivers on that, but when the keyboard arrived, it was a pleasant surprise to have such a well-built keyboard, which comes with a good quality cable, plastic cover and has a nice set of RGB LEDs inside

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thomahm

Jun 21, 2024

LeonxSalazardude can I get a link to those keycaps???

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DarthChalupa

Keyboard Club Member

May 29, 2024

Verified Buyer

A great keyboard! But keep it in Perspective

So right from the start I give this a 5/5, but you have to keep it in perspective. This is a $55 barebones keyboard, and I'm reviewing it as such. If you're going to compare something like a CTRL V2 to this, the CTRL is going to be better (but not by as much as you might think), but it's also like 3X more expensive than this. I do have some minor gripes, but for a budget or first keyboard build this is a great buy. I threw some $10 Amazon caps on it (pictured below), and used Holy Panda switches I just had after changing out the switches on another. I'm very happy with this, using it now, and have been for a 4-5 days now. PROS:

Inexpensive
Aluminum case, and it's quite hefty. I weighed myself and then the naked keyboard, so not the most accurate, but I got 3.2 lbs. It's not moving unless you want it too. The case itself is finished in a lightly textured matte finish.
It has a knob (also a con, see below)
Came with stabilizers preinstalled. I have no issues with these so far, and saved me from having to buy some.
Comes with a coiled USB cable. I guess I didn't pay enough attention when reading, because these came as a surprise to me when I opened the box.
Lighting is also great. The built in presets are chonky leaps when adjusting, but the software that goes with this is very user friendly with a visual interface, and allows for fine tuning the colors, brightness, and effects to your liking. (KeebMonkey has the software on their site)
Software. Adding this again as it's separate bullet point because it's comprehensive and easy to use, which is another excellent reason why this is I think this is great for someone's first build.

CONS:

The PCB has a lot of flex. I never tried it as it came, because the flex worried me, so it might actually be fine when you're done setting everything up. I applied a sound dampening mat to the base before setting it up. It still seem to have unwanted amounts of flex with the extra pad, but once I mounted the switches the flex pretty much went away. I also can't comment on the sound because of this, but WITH the dampening it sounds great!
It has a knob. The knob itself is fine. Metal with a nice clicky rotation. This COULD be a con for you if you use the Print Screen, Scroll Lock, or Pause/Break keys, as the knob and badge take up the space where those would be.
Cosmetics... This is a personal, and very minor con for me. It's all about your personal taste, and honestly it really doesn't bother me. I'm just listing it in case it might bother you. The knob looks like it came from the PlayStation store with the shapes laid out around a cross. I don't get the "soup can pull tab" logo on the badge. It also says "CUSTOMIZED KEYBOARD" on the bottom left, which might be the only thing that bothers me. Overall I'd say the colors of the badge and knob add a nice contrast to the case. The little slanted line logo thingy by the arrow keys
The manual that comes with it has itty-bitty font, and can be a pain to read, but you'll want to hold onto it for as a FN cheat sheet. This also isn't really much of an issue though, as the software is easy to use and you can change whatever you want from there.

Just want to say again the the cons here are minor to me personally, but I wanted to round out the review. The flex might be an issue as I didn't try this without mods. The mat I added to the base did firm it up some, but it still had a lot of give. It really firmed up once I had the switches installed. I've tried to include a variety of pics to show some of the elements I mentioned above. My crap phone has a crap camera and distorts lighting and colors. The pics that KeebMonkey or some other people used are a better reference for color.

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Oryx

Keyboard Club Member

May 11, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:3

Verified Buyer

Made a drop keyboard combo, thoroughly impressed!

This thing is built SOLID, the typing feel with some linear switches has been amazing and I think the combination with the Jasmine keycaps, Jasmine Cable, and Moondrop linear switches was a better combo than I think anyone would have expected.

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ACL64

May 8, 2024

Verified Buyer

Great board for its pricepoint

Excellent entry level keyboard, if not the best for the price. Only downside is the polycarbonate plate is pushed a bit upward and can pop out your switches. In my case, it did not affect the switches and none have popped out so far.

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Ryanw7196

Apr 25, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:6

Verified Buyer

Punching way above its weight.

Opened this up and was surprised with the build quality (nice and solid, has some weight to it) went on and installed this with WS Morandi then decided to try the WS Jade switches (to go for a clackier sound profile) and the doubleshot ABS Noctua keycaps set and this board is right up there in sound + tactile feel (thanks to some impressive internal sound dampening and relatively springy gaskets) as my 200 dollar zoom 75. Even with as competitive the "budget" keyboard space has become in the past 2 years, I think I can confidently say this is at or near the pack and you simply cant do much better for a $55 dollar board. The only areas this might fall short is the general finish of the aluminum which is relatively plain/rough and can receive some scratches pretty easily (I did this when switching my switches out from some morandis) and the RGB needs controlled via app + it has a relatively standard suite of effects to work with. I would definitely recommend this board to anyone, you dont need even need to open it up and lube/tape/fill anything: just take your favorite switches and your pick of keycaps and it will sound+feel great right out of the box.